Renowned researcher Youk Chhang, who painstakingly documented Khmer Rouge horrors, has won the 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award, which is widely regarded as Asia’s Nobel Prize. The executive director of the Documentation Centre of Cambodia was among six in Asia who received this year’s award.

 

The commission in the Philippines which picks the winners said last week in a statement that Mr Chhang was selected as a winner for preserving historical memory and for his efforts in promoting healing and justice.

 

“In electing Youk Chhang to receive the 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognizes his great, unstinting labour in preserving the memory of the Cambodian genocide, and his leadership and vision in transforming the memory of horror into a process of attaining and preserving justice in his nation and the world,” the statement said. Mr Chhang, whose father was killed under the Khmer Rouge, said yesterday that the award was a reminder for people not to give up hope.

 

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What's the difference between the Asian Noble Prize and the better known Nobel Prize? 

10 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

What's the difference between the Asian Noble Prize and the better known Nobel Prize? 

Barnes refused to lend his name to it?